Ja ne  Irene  Ford , 77 of Fort Oglethorpe died on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. She was born in Newton, Ks., to the late Marvin and Bertha Shraq. She was a missionary to the deaf in the Caribbean Islands for many years. Survivors include her loving husband, Keith  Ford , siblings, Delila Wedel, Judy Regier, Diana Desmond, Dale Schraq, and Donnie Shraq, three ... (click for more)

Beverly Carole Morgan, 73, of Hixson, died on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. She was a member of Sequoyah Baptist Tabernacle. Carole was employed for many years with Millers which later became Hess’s Department Store. She and her husband enjoyed being a part of their community neighborhood and loved to garden. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael J. Morgan.  ... (click for more)

Ravenell   Crane   Wooten,  91, of Chickamauga, Georgia died, surrounded by her loving family on Friday evening, January 30, 2015. The last of the  Crane  children of the late John Oliver  Crane  II and Mary Adaline Thomas of Young Harris, Georgia. She had lived most of her life in Northwest Georgia. She was a homemaker and had also worked outside ... (click for more)

Jeanette Shamblin, 80, of Cleveland, TN, passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 in a local health care facility.  She was preceded in death by her parents, George Sr. and Millie Johnson; and siblings, Willie Mae Kirkpatrick and George Johnson, Jr. She is survived by her children, Richard Shamblin and wife, Barbara of Old Fort and Gary Shamblin and wife Kelly of ... (click for more)

The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of an apartment complex that sued the Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Authority (WWTA) over an $8 monthly charge per apartment unit for preparing private service laterals. The court overturned a granting of summary judgment in favor of WWTA by former Judge Jackie Bolton. The appeals court said American Heritage Apartments, ... (click for more)

Rhea County Fire Department officials said one person died in an early-morning house fire on Saturday. The call came at about 6:30 a.m. The brick residence is on Fisher Road. S tate arson investigators were on their way. (click for more)